Posted on Sep 17, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Overall, Bill Richardson’s day may have been the worst as Democratic presidential aspirants perspired for union support. The Associated Press reports “Democrats Seek to Impress Unions.” That is classic understatement. Between the real AP and the other AP — the far-left American Prospect — there is a lot of coverage of political promises to labor […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Guess those millions in member money thrown at politics buy influence but not respect. Marc Ambinder reports: “Thank you AFSCME!” That was how New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson closed his speech to the SEIU membership in Washington today. SEIU is many things, but it is not AFSCME — the American Federation of State, County and […]
Posted on by Jon Berry
The Delaware Military Academy — the only Navy-sponsored public charter school in the country — is perpetually short of funds, in large part because it receives only a fraction of the per-student funding that traditional district-run schools get. In order to save money by buying its property instead of leasing it (the DMA receives no […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Courtesy of the Unions-Firms-Markets blog: Lawrence Township NJ has a local ordinance that bans balloon-type advertisements. A state appellate judge has ruled that this ban also applies to the famous inflatable rat unions use in labor protests. How is an inflatable demonstration prop the same thing as a balloon-type advertisement?
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
We’ve told you before that the Service Employees International Union has a strange relationship with democratic principles. They’ll let some employees choose whether to join the union through a real, secret ballot vote conducted by the government … but they won’t let others join that way. In fact, they are among the leading campaigners to […]
Posted on Sep 14, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
The shocking campaign by labor leaders to end secret ballot elections for working Americans has taken a strange turn out in California, where United Farm Workers officials are lobbying hard for SB 180, a bill that would steal the right to real elections for those working in the fields. The Los Angeles Times has the […]
Posted on Sep 13, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Give ’em credit: The Change To Win blog makes it all the way through their post on “Unions Boost Productivity” without cracking a written smile. It’s true, they didn’t even throw in a funny little emoticon. We especially enjoy their use of UPS as an example of a successful unionized company — including the $600 […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
From Carter Wood: So really, supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act want to deprive people of a secret workplace ballot so they can be bullied into joining an organization they don’t want to join in pursuit of income leveling based on suspect data. Apparently.
